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Census Tract 8291, Cook, IL

3,151 Population
1 square miles 3,121.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chicago Heights: 35.2 ±2.4
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$22,973 ±$4,457 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chicago Heights: $26,891 ±$1,988
  • about half the amount in Cook County: $49,329 ±$369
$33,958 ±$19,268 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chicago Heights: $54,798 † ±$6,131
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cook County: $83,498 ±$630

29.9% ±12% (942  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 26.9% † 7,072 (±4.3% / ±1,129)
  • more than double the rate in Cook County: 13.5% 687,508 (±0.3% / ±14,915)

23.7 minutes ±4.4 (30,420  ±9,647) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chicago Heights: 30.1 284,675 (±2.7 / ±33,338)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cook County: 31.5 64,797,912 (±0.1 / ±397,680)

Families

1,220 ±198 Number of households
  • Chicago Heights: 9,224 ±537
  • Cook County: 2,100,230 ±3,848
2.6 ±0.4 (3,142  ±667) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chicago Heights: 2.8 25,950 (±0.2 / ±52)
  • a little higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,094,189

7.2% ±7.2% (48  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 7% † 427 (±2.9% / ±180)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 4.5% 58,214 (±0.2% / ±2,419)

Housing

1,528 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Chicago Heights: 10,613 ±500
  • Cook County: 2,276,493 ±389

$93,200 ±$36,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chicago Heights: $161,000 ±$8,073
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Cook County: $324,500 ±$1,460

3.9% ±2.9% (124  ±94.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chicago Heights: 9.1% † 2,417 (±2.8% / ±753.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Cook County: 11.7% 597,531 (±0.2% / ±10,574.7)

Social

65.7% ±9% (1,475  ±357.5) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chicago Heights: 84.8% 14,109 (±4.4% / ±950.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,224,913 (±0.4% / ±15,123.9)
6.5% ±4.4% (146  ±103.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Chicago Heights: 20.9% † 3,469 (±2.5% / ±440.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cook County: 42.7% 1,555,601 (±0.3% / ±10,088.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.5% ±7% (583  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chicago Heights: 14.7% † 3,940 (±2.8% / ±744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cook County: 21.8% 1,127,068

1.3% ±1.4% (32  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chicago Heights: 5% † 961 (±1% / ±202)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 3.2% 132,321 (±0.1% / ±3,019)
32 Total veterans ±36 32 Male ±36 N/A Female ±13

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